FrameThrower · Actors · Tom Atkins
Tom Atkins
6 films · 601 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2018
Born 13 November 1935 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Tom Atkins is an American television and film actor. He is primarily known for his work in the horror film genre, having worked with writers and directors such as John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George A. Romero. He is also a familiar face to mainstream viewers, often playing police officers.
How their films are shot
Measured across 601 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tom takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 66% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Tom takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 601 frames from Tom Atkins's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.